To all appearances set in an anonymous South-American republic, the film is a moving story Read More »
Tag Archives: Soviet Union
Madness AKA Hullumeelsus (1969) Kaljo Kiisk, Jüri Järvet, Vaclovas Bledis, Valeriy Nosik
The action takes place in a nameless country occupied by the German army Read More »
There Will Be No Leave Today AKA Segodnya uvolneniya ne budet (1958) Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky, Oleg Borisov, Aleksey Alekseev, Pyotr Lyubeshkin
Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells Read More »
Stalker (1979) Andrei Tarkovsky, Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Read More »
Ballad of a Soldier AKA Ballada o soldate (1959) Grigoriy Chukhray, Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova
During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward Read More »
The Great Turning Point AKA Velikiy perelom (1945) Fridrikh Ermler, Mikhail Derzhavin, Pyotr Andriyevsky, Yuriy Tolubeev
World War II. German high command accumulates enormous forces for the assault. Read More »
Spring AKA Kevade (1969) Arvo Kruusement, Arno Liiver, Riina Hein, Aare Laanemets
Semi-autobiographical narrative by Oskar Luts about friendship Read More »
The Red and the White AKA Csillagosok, katonák (1967) Miklós Jancsó, József Madaras, Tibor Molnár, András Kozák
In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks’ defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Read More »
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad AKA Sadko (1953) Aleksandr Ptushko, Sergey Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Ninel Myshkova
An oddly Russian Sinbad seeks to bring happiness to his people Read More »
The House on Trubnaya AKA Dom na Trubnoy (1928) Boris Barnet, Vera Maretskaya, Anel Sudakevich, Ada Vojtsik
A girl Paranya Pitunova comes to Moscow from a deep province, eventually she arrives at a house. Read More »
The Deluge AKA Potop (1974) Jerzy Hoffman, Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki
During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Read More »
War and Peace AKA Voyna i mir (1965) Sergey Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Eight-hour epic based on the book of the same name by Lev Tolstoy. Read More »
Lived Once a Song-Thrush (1970) Otar Iosseliani, Gela Kandelaki, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze
Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. Read More »
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors AKA Tini zabutykh predkiv (1965) Sergei Parajanov, Ivan Mikolaychuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
In a Carpathian village, Ivan falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of his father’s killer. Read More »
The Lost Letter AKA Propala hramota (1972) Boris Ivchenko, Ivan Mikolaychuk, Lidiya Belozyorova, Fyodor Strigun
The movie is considered a pearl of Soviet and Ukrainian cinema. The film is based on the novella by Nikolay Gogol. Read More »